Voicethread

1. Voicethread Web 2.0 in the classroom

2. http://voicethread.com/#u309347.b384894.i2030767

3. What’s great about voicethread? Free! No limits on participation, 50 pages per voicethread on free accounts As many identities as you want – I have one for each child in my class Great for all ages – children’s spoken ideas are often more detailed than written answers

6. What’s great about voicethread? Alternatively ideas/comments can be typed. You can even record video footage Voicethread is easy to use. It contains simple easy to follow tutorials showing you how to use all the features on voicethread and a help button for if you get stuck A voicethread is private until you make them public – when they are made public you can choose to allow or not allow others to make comments

7. What’s great about voicethread? Smart use of technology You can embed it into a wiki or a blog! What is its purpose? How will it enhance my learning in my classroom?

8. So how does Voicethread fit with… Pedagogy lifelong learning inquiry process thinking strategies Referred to throughout the document and specifically on pages 7, 34-36 Revised NZC

9. thinking strategies & tools Teach me to think Not an extensive list

10. http://voicethread.com/#u309347.b583041.i3115888

11. The Revised NZ curriculum states that… … students learn best when teachers: • create a supportive learning environment; • encourage reflective thought and action; • enhance the relevance of new learning; • facilitate shared learning; • make connections to prior learning and experience; • provide sufficient opportunities to learn; • inquire into the teaching–learning relationship. Voicethread provides these opportunities Page 34 - Revised NZC

12. Hopefully you will now be inspired to try voicethread with your classes so you can inspire them to be… …confident, connected, actively involved, and lifelong learners. Page 8 - Revised NZC